It is interesting that we are staying in the caravan only half an hour’s drive from home and yet it feels like we are far from home in another part…
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Category: Wiltshire
Wilsford Hill from Charlton St Peter
It is six months since we were last away in the caravan. The Covid-19 pandemic has made us rethink our travel plans for the year, rather than longer tours we…
Read MoreHackpen and Marlborough White Horses
Earlier in the year my friend Mandy suggested we “bag” all eight of the Wiltshire White Horses during 2020. Our plans have been a bit hampered by the Covid-19 lockdown. …
Read MoreThe Punchbowl and Fovant Down
I am back on Cranborne Chase again today, this time with my walking buddy Nigel from New Forest Navigation. The start point for our walk is the car park of…
Read MoreTrafalgar Park and Barford Down
In recent months I have done a couple of walks taking in Barford Down, but I have yet to walk there with Lynnie so today we are going to rectify…
Read MoreBarford Down Via Downton
In March I did a walk from Alderbury taking me across Barford and Standlynch Downs. Despite these downs being close to home it was the first time I had walked…
Read MoreWalking The Sarum Way
Over twenty years ago I purchased a guide to The Sarum Way, a circular walk around Salisbury and Wilton covering over thirty miles. I have often thought about tackling this…
Read MoreA Circuit from Pitton to West Tytherley
One of the challenges walking during the current lockdown is finding sufficient variation in my walks. Most years we would have already been away in the caravan a few times…
Read MoreThree OS Trigs and The Pewsey White Horse
Now that the lock down restrictions have been lifted I am starting to undertake some walks a bit further from home. I am not driving far, but within twenty miles…
Read MoreTwenty Mile Circuit to Clearbury Ring
For many years I have intended walking from Pitton to Clearbury Ring. As a circular walk it is over twenty miles, a distance I walk regularly. In normal circumstances, when…
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